copy to the REVOLUTIONARY WAR COUNCIL OF THE EASTERN FRONT*
October 21, 1919**

Frumkin passed on to me your thoughts regarding the superfluousness of the Eastern Front. Repeat more precisely. We desperately need command personnel.

Then report how many troops you can spare for the Southern Front given the offensive you have begun, and when.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
Lenin

**TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR COUNCIL OF THE WESTERN FRONT*
October 21, 1919**

Reports are coming in of fraternization that has begun between Polish soldiers and ours. Check this more thoroughly and report what measures you are taking to fully neutralize the enemy's deception or tricks, so that participation in fraternization involves only completely reliable people or commissars. Report everything you know about the mood of the Polish soldiers.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
Lenin

**TELEGRAM TO THE PROVINCIAL FOOD COMMISSARIATS
October 21, 1919**

Reports received from the localities regarding the procurement of oilseeds paint a grave picture for the near future regarding the supply of the Red Army with vegetable fats. Old reserves are exhausted. State oil-pressing plants are idle owing to a complete absence of seeds at them. We propose that local food procurement organs give the most serious attention to the procurement of oilseeds and apply every measure to intensified procurement alongside other grain crops.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

*On the margins of the original, written by V. I. Lenin, there is his notation: "all in cipher."